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A family on Atilla Road in Taylor County reported this vehicle stolen early March 9. On March 10, it was discovered, burned, on Spring Loop Road off Ky. 210. The LaRue County Sheriff’s office is investigating. If you have information, call Deputy Robby Brownfield at 270-358-3120. The Taylor County Sheriff’s office investigated the initial theft as the residence is in Taylor County.

The atmosphere was positive and supportive Thursday as four participants of Nelson County’s Drug Court were graduated from the program.
“I like myself today; before, I didn’t like myself too much,” said one graduate as he received his certificate and addressed the room of former and current participants, family members, and supporters of the program.
Drug Court — an alternative to jail time for drug-related crimes — was established in Nelson County in 2008.

William L. Davis, 39, of New Haven, was sentenced in Nelson Circuit Court to five years in prison for unlawful distribution of a meth precursor, five years in prison for complicity to cultivate marijuana (five plants or more), three years in prison for complicity to possession of a controlled substance, five years in prison for tampering with physical evidence and 12 months in jail for complicity possession of drug paraphernalia. All counts to run concurrently for five years, but consecutively to the charge of count five for a total of eight years.

The following people have been indicted by a Nelson County grand jury. They are set for arraignment in Nelson Circuit Court March 19.

• Conor W. Creekmore, 19, of Sonora, second-degree burglary, complicity second-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking or DISP all others, complicity theft by unlawful taking or DISP all others. On or about April 20, Creekmore, either acting alone or in concert with R.W., juvenile, unlawfully entered the residence of Charles Gaslin and took jewelry belonging to Gaslin. Bail was set at $25,000, plus conditions.

William L. Davis, 39, of New Haven, was sentenced in Nelson Circuit Court to five years in prison for unlawful distribution of a meth precursor, five years in prison for complicity to cultivate marijuana (five plants or more), three years in prison for complicity to possession of a controlled substance, five years in prison for tampering with physical evidence and 12 months in jail for complicity possession of drug paraphernalia. All counts to run concurrently for five years, but consecutively to the charge of count five for a total of eight years.

A wrongful death suit, filed in 2013 by the mother of a man shot and killed by a former LaRue County deputy, has been dismissed in federal court.
Carolyn Chaudoin, administrator of the estate of Thomas Earl Ferguson, named former Deputy James Eric Williamson, the LaRue County Sheriff’s office and LaRue County in a civil suit in U.S. District Court, western district, after her son’s death.

A Hodgenville woman is facing two counts of wanton endangerment after allegedly pointing a gun at a couple.

According to LaRue County Deputy Brian Smith, dispatch received a call at 1:41 p.m. Feb. 28 about an alleged altercation on Shawnee Drive in Hodgenville. His report stated that Carrie E. Bowen, 42, was sitting in a parked car beside an automated teller machine at Lincoln National Bank on Shawnee Drive.

Sheriff Russell McCoy said a car pulled up behind Bowen. When she didn’t move, the driver blew the horn.